Italy's new COVID-19 cases top 100,000 for second straight day
STORY: Italy's new COVID-19 cases top 100,000 for second straight day
DATELINE: July 8, 2022
LENGTH: 00:02:01
LOCATION: Rome
CATEGORY: HEALTH
SHOTLIST:
1. various of local hospital
2. interior view of a bar
3. various of people walking
STORYLINE:
Italy's new COVID-19 cases surpassed 100,000 on Wednesday for the second consecutive day as the Omicron BA.5 subvariant continued to spread, data from the health ministry showed.
The ministry reported 107,786 new infections Wednesday, down from 132,274 reported on Tuesday and adding up to nearly 1.15 million active cases.
On Tuesday, the country's new daily infections surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time since early February.
According to the latest data, the coronavirus transmission rate in Italy remains above 1.0, indicating that COVID-19 is in a phase of expansion.
The country conducted fewer COVID-19 tests on Wednesday -- some 380,000 compared to nearly 465,000 a day earlier -- but the positivity rate, or the percentage of tests produc
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